Under the name 'Project Beethoven', the government and the region have worked on an extensive package of measures. They have allocated 2.51 billion euros for these measures for education, knowledge and spatial infrastructure. With the package of measures, they want to strengthen the Dutch microchip sector and support further growth of the activities in Brainport Eindhoven. In this way, they invest in practically and theoretically trained talent and sufficient space, accessibility and affordable living space in Brainport Eindhoven.

Investing in talent

The availability of very well-educated talent with an MBO, HBO or WO diploma is a crucial condition for giving the microchip sector in the Netherlands a strong boost. That is why the government will invest extra in talent development: 450 million euros until 2030 and then structurally 80 million per year. The aim is to quickly train more technicians for this sector, for example by recruiting and admitting more students and retraining and further training more people. Because this is a national task, the government is asking secondary vocational education, higher professional education and universities in four regions spread across the country (Groningen, Enschede, Delft and Eindhoven) to come up with a detailed plan together with the microchip sector in the short term. Part of this plan is also to increase diversity within technology courses, in order to utilize all the talent.

Of the total contribution from the government and region of 2.51 billion euros, the government contributes 1.73 billion euros. Of this, 1.28 billion euros comes from the budget of the National Growth Fund and the remainder from the Mobility Fund, among other things. Given the enormous growth promise of the chip sector and Brainport and the contribution that a strong ecosystem can make to social challenges, the investments fit within the objective of the National Growth Fund to strengthen the future earning capacity of the Netherlands.